Cause and effect faced one another: causes begot effects, effects begot causes, causes and effects followed one another, revolving and intertwining.
As the saying went, all laws were void, but karma was not!
Mo Lilan's current physical body was Pei Ling's clone. In a certain sense, she was also one of the fruits of Pei Ling's Dao karma!
The black-robed man hadn't just slashed her. He had slashed one of Pei Ling's fruits!
But if the other party could sever one of Pei Ling's fruits, then Pei Ling must first have planted a "cause" related to him!
However, Mo Lilan had only just awakened and did not yet know what Pei Ling's cause was. For now, she could only forcibly sever the karmic thread between Pei Ling and the black-robed man and heal her injuries!
As soon as she severed the karmic thread, Mo Lilan stared at the black-robed man and spoke in a cold, grand voice: "Sleep!"
The black-robed man's aura quickly fell silent, and all his movements stopped.
Beneath his hood, his eyes were half-closed, as if he were about to fall asleep at once.
But though the light in his eyes dimmed, it did not vanish; he never truly fell asleep.
Runes intertwined and rose in Pei Ling's eyes. [Eternal Curse Divine Ability]!
[The "Law" of Forgetting]!
The black-robed man's aura rapidly weakened, but his body remained motionless.
Pei Ling immediately slashed out a streak of saber qi, red as a ribbon of blood.
Whoosh!
The saber qi streaked like a rainbow, passing straight through the black-robed man's body without meeting the slightest resistance, as if it had cleaved through nothing but air.
At the same time, Mo Lilan changed her magic seal and spoke in a cold, majestic voice: "Open!"
"Crack, crack, crack..."
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